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    First time building, tight budget, need help

    Hey, all, I've been looking into building a decent desktop recently and came here for help. After a quick bit of researching, I came upon Marest's 750 build. With that all said, I come here asking for any additional help, tips, or comments to help round out the build. Thanks in advance!

    Budget: $750-900
    Resolution: 1080x720 or higher
    Settings Desired: Good+ settings for WoW
    Country: USA
    Parts: From scratch
    OS: Needed
    Peripherals: Wireless keyboard wanted

    Here's what I've gotten so far. (I'm completely new to this, so help is much appreciated): pcpartpi cker.c om/p/1nUmb

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    CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.00 @ Amazon)
    Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg)
    Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($58.99 @ NCIX US)
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
    Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ NCIX US)
    Case: NZXT Gamma Classic (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Amazon)
    Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($46.00 @ Newegg)
    Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
    Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
    Total: $869.91
    (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
    (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-03 21:05 EDT-0400)

    You wont be able to do much overclocking on the CPU with the stock heatsink, you might wanna grab a 212 EVO to keep the CPU cool.
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    I agree with Toffie's suggestion.

    If your main concern is WoW, the i5-4670k is the best choice. As mentioned, get a better heatsink and overclock a bit for an even better boost.
    If you want to save a few bucks, change the graphics card down one step (e.g. GTX 660). In WoW there should be basically little to no difference, as the games depends mostly on the cpu.

    Resolution: 1080x720 or higher
    Settings Desired: Good+ settings for WoW
    I think you have something confused with the resolution. Either 720p (1280x720, this is what most games on PS3 or XBOX 360 run) or 1080p (1920x1080, most current monitors and TVs use this resolution). The "desired" resolution depends mostly on the monitor that you are going to use, because you should games (and windows that matter) with the "natural" (or full/maximum) resolution of said monitor/tv. Everything else will look very blurred.

    But for WoW this doesn't really matter, as even a 1080p resolution at high/ultra settings can be handled by mid-range cards (~$150). If you only desire "good" settings for wow, you could easily go one step down to the "Gaming 570" build. This one will do WoW on 1080p with good/high setting without problems.
    Toffie's suggestion is the maximum you will get out of WoW. You could literally dump another $1000 into the computer and probably only get 2-3fps more out of it.
    Why do something simple, when there is a complicated way?
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